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Up at 5.30 after another difficult night. Was I really awake for hours? Or only dreaming I was awake?
Happy Birthday Dave!
7.10 A walk.
8.10 46F/8C. Back again. I was treated to several sunrises over local obstructions. As I walked the wrong way down the road. Then up to the forest by the steep track. Where I saw at least four bucks with antlers grazing under the beech trees. They were about 200 meters away.
What I hadn't spotted was a single deer in the corner of the field. Just beyond the boundary hedge. It glared intensely at me for a while before dashing away down the edge of the forest. The grazing deer sensed something and stared. Before they too sprinted way into the forest.
I descended towards home via the spray tracks. A cold, quiet morning with no wind. It needed my hands in my pockets for most of my walk. Though the local group of turbines were all turning briskly again.
It should be a perfect day for another ride. Or would that be foolish? Many of my rides head north. Which raises a serious issue. The railway building work crosses most of my familiar routes. With no obvious detours. I just did a search and now have a timetable for road closures. I think I can reach several of my charity shop goals by going further west. I am not quite sure why I continue to visit charity shops. Just habit I suppose. I no longer need any more display cabinets. There is nowhere sensible left to put them.
17.15 I opened the greenhouse door before I had a 40 minute nap. It was 115F/46C out there. Only 66F/19C in the room. The temperature in the room has now reached 72.5F/22.5C. While the kitchen has risen to 75F/24C. The greenhouse has only dropped to 100F/38C. I had better bring in the towels. Which I hung on the outside clothes airer before leaving.
Dinner was poached eggs on toast. I caught up with the washing up backlog first.
I rang my brother to wish him a happy birthday. We were reminiscing about motorbikes in our teens.
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